Lulu

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

• English:/ˈluːluː/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Spanish:/lulu/○(machine-generated) model-generated
• Indonesian:/lˈulu/○(machine-generated) model-generated
• French:/ly.ly/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Lulu is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English34%

  A remarkable person, object or idea.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Spanish21%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Lulu in Spanish.

• Indonesian8.7%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Lulu in Indonesian.

• French8.0%

  twintail, pigtail; one of a pair of ponytails on the sides of the head

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Lulu, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Tallulah
• Gigi
• Mimi
• Fifi
• Cici

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Lulu is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name42 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, United States, Argentina, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Lulú, Lulù, Lulü, Lúlu, Lulû

• Indonesian given name15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Lu'Lu, Lu'Lu', Lulu', 'Lulu, Lu’lu’

• French given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Canada

  Also written Lùlù, Lulú, Lulù, Lulu', Lùlu

• Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Lulú

• a separate name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Lulú, Lu-Lu, Lulù

• Hungarian given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Hungary, Finland, Italy

  Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Lülü, Lulù, Lulú

• Amharic given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, India, South Africa

  Also written ሉሉ, Lulü

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Lulu is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swahili, Swahili/Muslim female name meaning 'pearl' or 'precious'; also English diminutive.

  as a name·African Names

• Pet form, originally a reduplicated nursery form, of Luise, the German form of pLouise. It is now also used in the * es, ! English-speaking world, both as a pet form of Louise and as an independent given name.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Chinese, idiot

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• She is a pearl

  as a name·The book of African names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Lulu Romanb. 1946USAmerican comedian and singer
• Lulu Wangb. 1983USAsian-American filmmaker
• Lulu Wilsonb. 2005USAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

74 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 42 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Is Lulu a male or female name?

Lulu is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Denmark (Danmarks Statistik), Finland (DVV) and Spain (INE), among others.

Where does the name Lulu come from?

Swahili/Muslim female name meaning 'pearl' or 'precious'; also English diminutive. Recorded by African Names.

What are other forms of the name Lulu?

In the etymology graph, Louise, Gina and Lou are forms of the same name in other languages.

What does the name Lulu mean?

In English, A remarkable person, object or idea.

How common is the name Lulu?

In the United States, the national register counted 3,955 people named Lulu in 2020, about 1 in 84 thousand residents.

How common is Lulu compared with other names?

In Kuwait, Lulu is the 207th most common given name of 43,809 given names recorded there.

How do you pronounce Lulu?

It depends on the language: in English /ˈluːluː/ (Wiktionary); in Spanish /lulu/; in Indonesian /lˈulu/; in French /ly.ly/ (Wiktionary). Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Which countries have the most people named Lulu?

Mondonomo estimates about 583 thousand people named Lulu in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lulu. After it come Tanzania, India, South Africa and Saudi Arabia; the country table on this page ranks them.